HC Deb 20 February 1914 vol 58 cc1287-8W
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINE

asked the Secretary for Scotland what is the number (by counties) of applications for new holdings under the provisions of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act since it was passed; how many of the applicants were existing smallholders, and how many are considered suitable; and how many existing holders have applied for enlargements, how many have been applied for in deer forests, and how many of the latter have been granted and in what forests?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

The following are the particulars which I promised the Noble Lord when answering this question orally:—

Return of numbers of applications for new holdings and enlargements received up to and including 31st December, 1913:
No. Country. New Holdings. Enlargements. Total.
1. Aberdeen 46 9 55
2. Argyll 739 290 1,029
3. Ayr 70 1 71
4. Banff 13 8 21
5. Berwick 20 — 20
6. Bute 26 52 78
7. Caithness 244 248 492
8. Clackmannan 1 — 1
9. Dumbarton 24 3 27
10. Dumfries 63 5 68
11. Elgin 33 9 42
12. Fife 57 3 60
13. Forfar 17 4 21
14. Haddington 7 — 7
15. Inverness 1,193 997 2,190
16. Kincardine 19 3 22
17. Kinross 5 — 5
18. Kirkcudbright 40 1 41
19. Lanark 178 3 181
20. Linlithgow 11 — 11
21. Midlothian 61 1 52
22. Nairn 4 — 4
23. Orkney 93 130 223
24. Peebles 15 — 15
25. Perth 79 31 110
26. Renfrew 32 1 33
27. Ross and Cromarty 1,014 633 1,647
28. Roxburgh 76 9 84
29. Selkirk 18 — 18
30. Stirling 20 1 21
3J. Sutherland 197 384 581
32. Wigtown 65 5 70
33. Zetland 275 557 832
Totals 4,744 3,388 8,132